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FYI: Thanks to the good folks at MAGIC, there is now a mailing list for discussion of the Ascend GRF. If you're interested: List: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Owner: [email protected] Note the list is very new.. Traffic volume is low. -Jeff > Yes, we are having very good luck with are GRF1600s also, We are now Cisco > free, and the GRFs are performing very well. There are some issues, but > Ascend is stepping to plate on all issues. We are building a ATM nation > wide network using the GRF to get to the internet. These things will melt > down a Cisco 75xx router and keep on ticking, and for allot less money. > Also, did everyone see the WallStreet this morning. Ascend buys > Cascade..... Look out, IP switching is really around the corner for all of > us ATMer.... > > Gary Zimmerman > V.P. Network Engineering > Savvis Communication Corp. > www.savvis.com > Office: 314.719.2423 > > > From: Nathan Stratton <[email protected]> > > To: Chris A. Icide <[email protected]> > > Cc: '[email protected]' > > Subject: Re: Ascend/Netstar GRF 400 > > Date: Friday, March 28, 1997 5:33 PM > > > > On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Chris A. Icide wrote: > > > > > Is anyone successfuly using one of these? I've got one in the labs > > > here, and have found some interesting problems. Ascend engineers > > > are hot on the problems, but I was wondering if anyone else has any > > > experience. > > > > Yes, our network is now cisco free! We have been using the GRF1600s for > > several months in our network. We have found a few problems, but Ascend > > has been VERY fast to fix them. So far they blow away the Cisco solution > > we were using. > > > > > Our current problems seem to be related to buffer overruns on the > > > ATM/Q card. > > > > We have not used the ATM/Q card a lot, but I am sure Ascend can fix any > > problem you may have. We are using cascade 900s as backbone switches into > > the GRF 1600s via HSSI. We plan to move this to OC3 as soon as we finish > > testing. > > > > > > Nathan Stratton President, NetRail,Inc. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Phone (888)NetRail NetRail, Inc. > > Fax (404)522-1939 230 Peachtree Suite 500 > > WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Atlanta, GA 30303 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about > > itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 > > -- Jeff Wabik E/Mail: [email protected] Ascend Communications (www.ascend.com) Phone: +1 612 996 6814 High Performance Networking Division FAX: +1 612 943 8939 Minneapolis, MN 55344 Pager: +1 800 493 9804 "The artists formerly known as Netstar, Inc." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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